We hope everyone enjoyed the first episode of Nevens Christmas in Limerick! Enjoy some delicious recipes this festive season & ones which all the family can enjoy.
Don’t forget to tune back in next Thursday, 11th December, for Part 2 — even more Christmas inspiration coming your way!
Ingredients
100g (4oz) Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets (plus extra for topping)
50g (2oz) Flahavan’s Oat Bran
150g (6oz) self-raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
75g (3oz) brown sugar
100g (4oz) pitted dates, finely chopped (or any dried fruit you have)
1 beaten egg
250g (10oz) Natural yogurt
100g (4oz) melted butter
125g (5oz) Blueberries (or any fresh or frozen fruit you have)
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/ Gas mark 4).
2. Place the oats, oat bran, flour, bicarbonate of soda, sugar and dates into a large bowl and mix well.
3. Then add the egg, yogurt and cooled melted butter to the bowl, stir gently to combine and fold in the blueberries.
4. Grease a muffin tin or line it with muffin cases and divide the mixture between the cases.
5. Sprinkle oats on top of each muffin and bake for approximately 40 minutes or until risen and golden brown.
Serve warm or cold.
4 x 175g hake fillets, pin boned, scaled and skin on
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
¼ butternut squash, deseeded and cut into cubes
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2cm piece of ginger, peeled and grated
½ red pepper, cored and cut into thin strip
s½ yellow pepper, cored and cut into thin strips
½ green pepper, cored and cut into thin strips
½ red chilli, seeds removed and thinly sliced
2 tsp mild curry powder2 tsp ground turmeric
1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
1 x 400g tin coconut milk (Thai Gold brand, if possible)
100ml vegetable or fish stock
2 tbsp mango chutney
1 x 400g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsedJuice of
1 limeHandful of baby spinach leaves
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Steamed basmati I rice, to serve
1 tbsp basil, chopped
1 tbsp coriander, chopped
Method
Preheat a large heavy based saucepan with the rapeseed oil over a medium heat
Add the butternut squash, onion, garlic, and ginger to the pan and stir to combine. Add in the sliced peppers, sliced chilli followed by the spices. Mix well to coat the vegetables in the spices, scraping the base of the pan.
Add in the chopped tomatoes, coconut milk, stock, mango chutney, chickpeas and lime juice. Stir to combine, cover with a lid and bring to the boil.
Once the curry has come to the boil, carefully place the hake portions on top and cover with the lid. Reduce the head to a low to medium and slowly poach the hake for 15 minutes, until cooked through.
Add in the spinach and nestle between the fish to wilt.
Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and finish with chopped basil and coriander.